Graphics card and monitors?

[SebPilotB738]

Good day friends

I have spent a while building my B738 simulator full scale at home, it fits my need and I like it.

You can see all about it at my blog Boeing 738 flight simulator – boeing 738 flight simulator home (wordpress.com)

A problem I have now is that I want to maximize details when flying.

I have a 6 GB ASUS dual OC graphics card today and flying with 4 monitors, or 2 TV monitors 32" and two projectors for co pilot and right side view.
I want to get rid of projectors since I cannot afford short distans throw projector and have both projectors on co pilot place in my setup, not the best but it gives my full 180° view.

Monitors are set to 1920 x 1080 which is fair enough I do not complain.

But I would like to change to 4x same size monitors to get a better view that "follows" better when aircraft is making a turn which my current setup does not do no matter how much I set it up using all kinds of setup including view group.

But I am no millionaire if you understand. 

I would like to know will a 16 GB graphics card make it better without stutters in dense scenic areas still using 1920 x 1080 resolution?

Also does it matter if the TVs I plan to use have 60 Hz refresh rate or should it be higher like 120 Hz instead? (yes higher better but prices sky rocket as well)

 

The only thing bothering me at the moment is the view setup. I want a 180° view (not using projectors since the room ceiling is too low) with good scenery flow as close to real life as possible. Would I get there with a 16 GB graphics card like this one;

ASUS Radeon RX 7600 XT Dual OC 16GB ?

 

Thank you flying friends

[loki]

On 2/21/2024 at 2:31 PM, SebPilotB738 said:

I have a 6 GB ASUS dual OC graphics card today and flying with 4 monitors, or 2 TV monitors 32" and two projectors for co pilot and right side view.

 

What's the full name of the GPU you currently have? You've left out the key part of the GPU model to know where you're starting from.

 

A GPU with more video RAM would help, but the main spec to focus on is the actual GPU used on the video card. A low end GPU with 16GB can quite easily be outperformed by a higher end one with 8 or 12GB, for example.

 

What's your budget range? What version of P3D are you running? With multiple monitors a higher end GPU, like a Radeon RX 7700 or GeForce RTX 4070 or higher,  would probably be better.

 

As for refresh rates, more than 60Hz is only relevant if the sim will be running at more than 60FPS. Monitors or TVs with AMD's Freesync or Nvidia's G-Sync variable refresh rate features can be useful though (you need to match the monitor to the GPU though).